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ADD/ADHD

meow2u3

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1. Fetal alcohol syndrome isn't the only condition with ADHD-like symptoms

Reply to Phentex (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2015, 10:51 AM

Jan 2015

Certain types of brain damage, such as those arising from hypoxia before birth, cause the sufferer to show ADHD-like symptoms. Head trauma can also mimic ADHD in some cases.
All those jokes and derisive comments about someone having been dropped on their head when they were babies are actually no laughing matter. Try living every day being unable to focus for more than a few minutes at a time!

http://psychcentral.com/lib/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-fact-sheet/0001602

Other conditions that mimic ADHD can be found here.

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When ADHD Isn't What It Seems [View all] Phentex Jan 2015 OP

Fetal alcohol syndrome isn't the only condition with ADHD-like symptoms meow2u3 Jan 2015 #1

Early onset dementias are also an overlooked cause of symptoms obliquediversions Nov 2016 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #2